posterior

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Scientists have long proposed, including Sur's colleague Earl K. Miller at MIT, that the prefrontal cortex can guide the activity of more posterior areas of the brain.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Research has shown that the premotor and posterior parietal cortices, along with the temporoparietal junction, are active in the brain when we are locating or thinking about ourselves.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Brown: Posterior chain is everything up and down the backside of your body and the posterior.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

Not since Jarvis Cocker waved his posterior at Michael Jackson has the Brits seen such depravity.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

It’s important that you approach slowly and with caution—and preferably from a posterior angle, where they have little to no vision.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman